MSc/LLM Law and Economics
About MSc/LLM Law and Economics
Course duration: 1year full time/2 years part-time Course starts: October 2012
MSc/LLM Law and Economics adopts a pragmatic and cross disciplinary approach which will enable Law students to understand the economic effects of legal rules and Economics students to understand the institutional legal framework of market economies. The interplay between Law and Economics will be examined along with the implications of this interplay in practice, with the aim of providing the necessary tools and concepts for all students interested in the intersection between legal and economic theory.
As well as specific knowledge of the issues outlined above, you will gain the intellectual and practical skills expected of students with a postgraduate qualification. This course will develop your ability to delineate and evaluate issues, think analytically, select relevant materials and produce reasoned arguments encompassing policy, existing practice and knowledge at an advanced level. It will also further develop your practical transferable skills including the ability to conduct independent research, both online and offline; time management, communication, presenting and planning.
Students will take core and optional modules from both the School of Law and the Department of Economics thus providing them with an invaluable opportunity to acquire a unique legal and economic perspective of the issues involved. MSc/LLM Law and Economics
MSc/LLM Law and Economics course content
MSc/LLM Law and Economics and optional modules spanning a broad range of areas. A total of 180 credits must be completed, with taught modules accounting for 140 credits and a project for the remaining 40 credits.
Compulsory modules
- Project Skills (10)
- Project (40)
- Advanced Issues in International Commercial Law or International Corporate Finance and the Law (20)
- Regulation or Microeconomic Policy (20)
Optional modules
Optional modules totalling 90 credits may be chosen from a selection of modules offered by both the School of Law and the Department of Economics
List A - Law LLM/MSc Law and Economics optional modules - (subject to availability in any given year)
| Code | Title | Credits | Level |
| LWMTEI | The European Internal Market and Economic Governance | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTIF | Legal Aspects of International Finance | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTEC | EU Competition Law | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTIN | Advanced Intellectual Property Law* | 10 | 7 |
| LWMTIW | Legal Aspects of International Trade and WTO | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTBL | International Banking and Finance Law | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTFR | Legal Aspects of International Financial Regulation | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTMA | Legal Aspects of Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTER | International Energy Law and Regulation | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTCO | Competition Law and Mergers & Acquisitions | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTLE | International Economic Law | 10 | 7 |
| LWMTDL | International Development Law | 10 | 7 |
| LWMTPE | Law, Politics and Economics as Social Systems | 10 | 7 |
| LWMTAI | Advanced International Commercial Law Issues | 20 | 7 |
| LWMTCF | International Corporate Finance and the Law | 20 | 7 |
* If students wish to take LWMTIN but have not had prior exposure to intellectual property law, it is recommended that they take Intellectual Property LW3IP (20 credits) as an optional module in conjunction with LWMTIN. Students should discuss this with either the programme director or the Director of Taught PG Studies.
Students may choose this module only if they are not already taking it as part of their compulsory modules.
List B - Economics LLM/MSc Law and Economics optional modules (subject to availability in any given year)
| Code | Title | Credits | Level |
| ECM102 | Macroeconomic Policy | 20 | 7 |
| ECM113 | Introductory Econometrics | 20 | 7 |
| ECM120 | The Economics of the Multinational Enterprise | 20 | 7 |
| ECM121 | Strategic Diversity and the Political Economy of Multinationals | 20 | 7 |
| ECM130 | The Microeconomics of Banking | 20 | 7 |
| ECM131 | Banking and the Macroeconomy | 20 | 7 |
| ECM132 | Economics of Financial Markets | 20 | 7 |
| ECM133 | Economics of Financial Regulation | 20 | 7 |
| ECM621 | Topics in Business Economics | 20 | 7 |
| ECM148 | Emerging Economies and Policies | 20 | 7 |
| ECM164 | The WTO and the Developing Countries | 10 | 7 |
| ECM123 | Regulation | 20 | 7 |
| ECM101 | Microeconomic Policy | 20 | 7 |
Staff teaching on this MSc/LLM Law and Economics course
Career Prospects for MSc/LLM Law and Economics graduates
The courses are designed to provide essential tools and concepts for all students interested in the intersection between law and economics.
A postgraduate law and economics degree does not disqualify students from any career open to non-specialist graduates and the skills it engenders are in great demand from non-legal employers. Equally, a postgraduate law and economics degree will open many doors in more specialised areas of employment, such as law firms, European and intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, academia (with further postgraduate study), the media (journalism and broadcasting), the civil service, and other branches of public service.(journalism and broadcasting), the civil service, and other branches of public service.
